Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:44:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Kratzer <ck-lists@cksoft.de> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig alias: File Exists Message-ID: <20041019214157.Y88138@vesihiisi.cksoft.de> In-Reply-To: <20041019162521.N98762@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20041019162521.N98762@ganymede.hub.org>
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Hi, On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Why would I be getting: > > # ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > when I know for a fact that it hasn't been configured? you should use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for ipv4 aliases. ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 netmask 255.255.255.255 Greetings Christian -- Christian Kratzer ck@cksoft.de CK Software GmbH http://www.cksoft.de/ Phone: +49 7452 889 135 Fax: +49 7452 889 136
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